Reinforced-concrete bin structure.



P. W. OOOLEY. REINFORCED CONCRETE BIN STRUCTURE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 18, 1911.

1,098,559, Patented June 2, 1914.

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REINFORCED-CONCRETE BIN STRUCTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2, 1914.

Application filed November 18, 1911. Serial No. 660,956.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, Finn) W. CooLi-n, a citizen ol the i nited States, residing at lilinneapolis, in the county of Henncpin and State of itlinncsota, have invented certain new and useful fln'iproveinents in ldeintiirced-(loncrete liin t i'tructures; and. I do hereby declare the :ti'illowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appcrtains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved metal reinforced concrete structure especially adapted for use as a country elevator, and to such ends, generall stated, the invention consists of the novel devices, con'ibiiuitioi'is of devices and: arrangenient ct parts hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

The invention is capable of many modili cations, but in the drawings, the preferred arrangement thereof, designed for use as 2 country elevator, is illustrated.

in the drawings, like clnufiacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation showing; the complete elevator; Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken approximately on the line a" {1: on Fig. 1: Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken approximately on the line or r on Fig. 2 g. and Fig. i is a horizontal section talteu on the line :r a! on Fig. 3.

The elevator structure shown, includes four main outside or corner bins l. and a Illllll'll JllUlt) of intermediate square bins The walls of all of which. bins are of mom lithic concrete reinlii'n'ced with embedded metallic rods or bars 3 in the said walls, The walls of the main bins 1 extend from i the foundation up ard, while the alls of the square bins Q are terminated at a su'l'lic ient elevation to atlord a work room -Jl-.. One of the square bins 2, is utilized as the main lift well, and the elevator leg 5 is extended therethrough, and through the worlc ing room at and down into the pit 6 and up into the cupola 7. lhe other square bins 2 are provided with the usual hopper bottoms. 1 At its upper end, the elevator leg 5 delivers to a loading spent 8 of the usual or any suitable construction. The pit 6 extends partly under the working room 4 and partly under the tilting; platform 9 oi? a (humping scale of usual or any suitable construction, and which is located in a weighing and dumping shed. '10, located adjacent to an ollicc and engine room ll. The walls of all of the COIHPflllJlHQlliiS of this structure are, as already indicated, constructml from concrete, reinforced more or less with metallic rods. The walls of the cu pola T are formed by extending upward the walls of certain of the square bins 2.

The salient feature of this invention resides in th novel arii'angemeut ot the walls oi the main bins in. respect to each other, and usually also in respect to the walls of the square or rectangular intermediate bins.

lo the preferred arrangement illustrated in the drawings. the walls of the main bins l. are cyliijidriial or circular in cross-section throughout 270 degrees or three-quadrants of their circumference, and for the interme diate, 90 degrees, or quadrant of the bins, they are formed with walls that extend tangentially from the (airved ,walls of the bins and join each other at a right angle, and constitute, in most instances, also walls of certain of the rectangular bins. ,l-ly refer ence, particularly, to Fig. 4-, it will be noted that the straight wall sections of the main corner bins l are alined with, or formed as extensions of certain of the ii'itermediate walls of the rectz'ingular bins, and the metallic reintorceniei'il's follow an endless course throi'lgh the curve and straight walls of the said main bins and througl'i the alined straight walls of the intermediate rectangular bins. This brings the circular or curved main bins and rectangular inti'nmediato bins into the most compact form possible, abso lutclv eliminating waste space, and at the same time affording a structure in which the walls of the (ilit't'crent bins, mostly, eontribute to brace each other. In this Further respect, it should be noted that the extrelne outer walls of the intermediate rectangular bins extendv between the curved walls of the main outer or curved corner bins approximately on lines intcrsiazting the axes thereoi. and thus alli'ord struts and. tie members in the said curved bins. Also, this novel. arran rcment at the bins gives a very attractivc contour and neat appearance to the finished structure.

In connection with the dumping scale platform 9, I provide a novel wagon guiding device which, shown, comprises a long guide rail. 12. a short guide rail 13, and a platform i l: laving oblique rods or bars.

The platform 14: extends level with and outward from the dumping platform 9. The long guid rail 12 is rigidly anchored and extends from a point at one side of the inner end portion of the dumping platform 9, on an outwardly diverging line to a point at or near but offset from the front or outer end portion of the platform 14. The short guide rail 13 extends forward a short distance from the rail of the side portion of the platform 9 and is anchored at the opposite side from the rail 12. \Vith this arrangement, a wagon may be driven on a driveway 15 in the direction of the arrow marked thereon in Fig. 2, until the rear end thereof is passed over the outer end of the rail 12, and then the wagon may be backed up onto the platform 9, and as it is backed, the wheels thereof will be caused to drift sidewise, both by the guide rail 12 and by the oblique bars of the platform 14, and in this way, th wagon wheels will be directed onto said platform.

In Fig. 3, a portion of a car 16 is shown on the track at one side of the elevator, in position to receive grain from the loading spout 8.

walls in the fourth quadrant extended at ninety degrees to each other, and the said intermediate bins having walls in rectangular arrangement, certain of which are alined and joined with the straight wall sections of the said main bins and having their bottoms spaced above the lower ends of said main bins.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED W. COOLEY.

HtDG-SSBSx' F. D. MERCHANT, HARRY D. KlLeonn.

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Washington, D. G. 

